Improvement in gates



' other inpediug matter.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL E. RUDD, OF CASSOPOLIS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,786, datedSeptember 4, 1877; application filed July 10, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concernJ Be it known that I, KARL E. RUDD, ofthevillage ot' Gassopolis, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, whichimprovements are fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple means by which thegate may be opened and closed from a wagon or other vehicle, to allowthe passage ofthe same, and to raise and lower it upon a swingingsupport ing-post, so that the gate, in swinging, may be cleared ofcontact with a body otA snow or By raising the gate any suitabledistance while closed, room is af'- forded for hogs, sheep, and smallanimals to pass out and in, while cattle are prevented from passing.

Referring to the drawings, the gate A may be of any desired style orconstruction. In order to give greater strength to the same I make itwith the ordinary longitudinal bars 1 having vertical end and centersupports 2 and rear half-diagonal braces 3. 4 is a supplementalstrengthening-bar along the top of the gate. 9 is a swingingsupporting-post, secured to the gate at the top by the single me tallicclasp 8, and at the bottom by the sliding clasps 8'. 5 is a sliding bar,hung loosely by the bent iron rods 6 6'. 7 7l are slots through the bar,to allow the upper end of the iron hooks 6 6' to move back as the slide5 comes in contact with the bar to which it is attached. 10 areratchet-mortises in the swinging post 9, in which rests the end of theslide 5 to hold the gate at any required height. The slot 7 is cut witha depression or notch at the end, in

which the iron hook 6 drops as itpasses back whenthe front end of theslide 5 is raised, and so held firmly in place. The post 9 swings uponthe main supporting-post 11 by the ordinary hook and eye or othersuitable hinge. 16 is a segment of a circle with grooved perimeter, andattached to the top of the swinging post 9. 17 17 are wires passing from18 18' to 2l, which is a lever ofthe third class,

used to raise thelatch 13. The swinging post 9 is beveled from thecenter oi' the front side at 19, and the post is thus easily given aslight twisting motion sufficient to raise the lever21 when the cord ispulled at 15 or 22.

It will be seen by the foregoing that the gate may be opened by drawingthe cord at 22, and closed by drawing at 15, and the reverse.

When the gate is raised the slide 5 rests in one of the ratchet-mortises10, and thus holds the gateyat any desired height.

The gate may be lowered by raising the hook 6 from the depression in theslot 7 and drawing the slide 5.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The slide 5, hung by iron hooks 6 6 in slots 7 7', and resting inratchet-mortise in swinging post 9.

2. The combination of latch 13, lever 21, and connecting-Wires 17 17',substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

KARL E. RUDD.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN S. HAERINGTON, GBENvILLE L. SMITH.

